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A man in a yellow and red garment wearing a gold fillet around his head examines a tablet in hi…
Apelles
A man in a yellow and red garment wearing a gold fillet around his head examines a tablet in hi…
A man in a yellow and red garment wearing a gold fillet around his head examines a tablet in his hand and sits upon large blocks carved with reliefs.
Apelles, Carl Brandt, 1888, oil on canvas, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Apelles

Artist (German, 1831 - 1905)
Date1888
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 108 3/4 × 56 1/2 inches (276.2 × 143.5 cm)
Framed: 110 × 57 5/8 × 1 1/4 inches (279.4 × 146.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Carl L. Brandt.
Object number1905.4.1
On View
On view
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